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Zindagi ke 16 saal ghar par farmaishi aur aaramdayak life jeene ke baad Nikhil, Burty, Randy aur Maachh ki life mein 360 degress ka turn tab aata hai jab wei National Defence Academy mein kadam rakhte hain. Bahut jald he unhein ye baat samajh aa jaati hai ki Academy mei life sirf thook lagakar joota polish karna nahi hai, balki NDA mei bitaye six terms adventures aur achievements ka endless khazana hain. Suniye Boots Belts Berets ka Hindi sanskaran, Abhishek Banerjee ki jaandaar awaaz mein.

In a remote sea loch on the west coast of Scotland, a fisherman disappears without trace. His remains are never found. A young man jumps from a bridge in Glasgow and falls to his death in the water below. DS Max Craigie uncovers evidence that links both victims. But if he can’t find out what cost them their lives, it won’t be long before more bodies turn up at the morgue. Soon cracks start to appear in the investigation, and Max’s past hurtles back to haunt him. 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The master of military historical fiction turns his discerning eye to the Korean War in this riveting novel, which tells the dramatic story of the Americans and the Chinese who squared off in one of the deadliest campaigns in the annals of combat: the Battle of...

Make it easy on yourself, read The Last Full Measure in Large Print! In the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time, an enduring bestseller that has sold more than two million copies. In the bestselling Gods and Generals...

Introducing new characters, as well as shedding fresh light on ones we all know and love, Project Hometown is the action packed prequel to The Remaining Universe that shows the madness of how it all began and looks unflinchingly at the grit and determination of the men who died to make it happen, as well as the ones who survived to become the legendary warriors known simply as “Coordinators.”

Haciendo de la literatura un ejercicio de memoria histórica, en La tierra donde volvimos a nacer Jaime Laventman narra una historia de exilio, supervivencia y redención, en una novela sobre la fuerza de las raíces, los lazos de sangre y las cicatrices que se heredan. México, 1924. Desde las...

London: 1793. Young firebrand John Pearce, on the run from the authorities, is illegally press-ganged from the Pelican tavern into brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant, a frigate on her way to war. In the first few days, Pearce discovers the Navy is a world in which he can prosper. And he is not alone; he is drawn to a group of men who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader.

Die bewegende Fortsetzung des Romans »Was uns durch die Zeiten trägt« über die Suche einer jungen Frau nach einer neuen Heimat. Von Bestsellerautorin Marion Johanning. Westfalen, 1956: Nach der Vertreibung lebt Luise mit ihrer Familie in der Nähe von Kurstadt in Westdeutschland. Der Rückweg in die schlesische Heimat scheint durch den Eisernen Vorhang für immer versperrt, und Luise hat wenig Hoffnung, dass sie Marian jemals wiedersehen wird. Als sie ihrer Jugendliebe Wolfgang begegnet, fühlt sie sich sofort wieder zu ihm hingezogen.

Ella es un enigma que desata una pasión inevitable. Tras ser herido de gravedad, un joven militar se ve obligado a dejar el uniforme y mudarse con su hermano. El orgullo, el mismo que lo hace ignorar la punzada de dolor que asciende por su pierna, lo lleva al bosque a buscar leña en otra noche...

Elite assassin Reed Montgomery's private war with the criminal underworld is spilling across the country and leaving carnage in its wake. After identifying his enemy as a shadowy shot caller known only as Gambit, Reed is ready to end the war with a well-placed bullet. But Gambit is one step ahead. After kidnapping Reed's father, Gambit proposes an exchange: He'll release David Montgomery if Reed completes one last kill. The target? An innocent public servant. With his father's life hanging in the balance, Reed must outmaneuver Gambit if he ever hopes to end this war.

AD 1055. With the crisis of 1051 long behind them and finally coming to terms with the death of Sweyn, the Godwin family's influence across England is growing. Harold enjoys a position of trust with King Edward and the country is at peace, but Edward knows that he needs an heir before it is too late. In Hungary, there is one potential heir with royal blood running through his veins, but before he can be contacted another king, much closer to home, rises to power, and Harold finds himself torn between diplomacy and violence to maintain the peace.

Only the intervention of the Great Powers of France, Russia and Britain can save Greece. In the wild south, the people of the Mani have risen up against 400 years of Ottoman rule. But initial triumph leads to bitter feuding among the Greek victors, and the Sultan sends his vassal, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, to invade. Burning everything in his path, he is on the point of victory. 

They are called 'The Glory Boys', by those who regard their exploits with envy. Bob is one of them. Already a survivor of the close action in the English Channel & North Sea, in January of 1943 he is ordered to the Mediterranean & beleaguered Malta.

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by despatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing. The chase that follows through the fogs and shallows of the Grand Banks is as thrilling, as tense and as unexpected in its culmination as anything Patrick O'Brian has written.

The United States may have defeated the Soviet Union in the Battle for Western Europe, but the Russians ended World War III with a nuclear sneak attack that shattered America into a collection of warring states dominated by criminals, fascists, and pirates. Air power rules all in the New Order, and pilots like Hawk Hunter are the only form of law. One of the most decorated pilots of the old US Air Force, he flies for the Pacific American Air Corps, a loose group of flyboys who have taken it upon themselves to safeguard what remains of US borders.

In the Pulitzer prize–winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time. In the bestselling Gods and Generals, Shaara’s son, Jeff, brilliantly sustained his father’s vision, telling the epic story of the events culminating in the Battle of...

This now-classic tale of SEAL combat action in Vietnam marked Dick Couch's debut as a novelist in 1990 and sold more than 100,000 copies. Hailed for its authenticity, it was the first novel about Navy SEALs to be written by one of their own. Couch, a SEAL platoon leader in the Mekong Delta from...

John Blackthorne, in dienst van koningin Elizabeth I, lijdt na maanden zwerven schipbreuk voor de kust van Japan. Als gevangene van de machtige Toranaga wordt Blackthorne een pion en een onbewuste troef in een bloederige strijd om de macht. Door zijn relatie met de raadselachtige vertaalster Mariko past Blackthorne zich langzaam aan de vreemde Japanse cultuur aan.

Widely regarded as the most engaging historical novels ever written, the 21 books in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series have garnered millions of fans since the publication of the first volume over 50 years ago. Included here are BBC radio adaptations of the first seven thrilling stories.

Eine junge Frau namens Fay reißt den desillusionierten Professor Bent Svensson aus seinem selbstgewählten Exil: Sie behauptet, eine Zeitreisende aus einer postapokalyptischen Zukunft zu sein. Nur seine Forschungen, die bereits seine Ehe und Familie zerstört haben, könnten die Erde vor dem Untergang bewahren.